Awning and arm therefor.



F. A. ANTON.

AWNING AND ARM THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1909.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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AWNING AND ARM THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED ov. 3. 1909.

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W/Zfltisses [nvenlor FREDERICK A. ANTON, 0F TOPEKA, KANSAS.

AWNING AND ABM THEREFOR.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Application filed November 3, 1909. Serial No. 526,040.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A, ANTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas,have invented a new ports for such, awnings have comprised brackets ofvarious sorts requiring considerable space below the point of attachmentof the awning to the building, for supporting the brackets or braces.

It is the object of my invention to improve generally upon the supportsfor awnings generally, to provide a special arm for supporting theawning, ,which arm is secured to the building close up to the awnin soas to avoid the usual downwardly exten ing brackets or frames or braces;to provide an awning arm which may be attached to the building closeunder the awning and which is foldable when the awning is up andautomatically unfolded when the awning is extended; to provide a simple,strong, and efficient foldable arm for supporting the awning; and toprovide the parts, improvements, and combinations herein set forth. Andmy invention comprises, in combination with an awning mounted so as tobe rollepliat the attached end, a foldable supporting arm which iscapable of attachment to'the building close under the roller; it alsocomprises peculiar features of such an arm; and it also consists of theparts, improvements and combinations herein set forth and scription ofthe drawings, 1 have; shown and described my invention in its preferredform, and have shown the best mode of'ap'-" plying the principlesthereof; but, within 7 the scope of the appended claims, I contion;

tel opiate, changes inform, proportions, and materials," thetransposition of the substitution of equivalent mem ers, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my inven- Figure is an arts, and

end view of; an awning and arm made in accordance with the principles ofmy invention, applied to a building, and extended. Fig. 2 is a top viewof the awning arm. Fig. 3 is a view from the front,

the awning arm being folded. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the awningextended, parts being broken away, and the arms being indicated bydotted outlines.

Similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

4 represents the front of a building, such as a store front, with plateglass 5, and a cornice 6; this style of front being now quiteextensively used, leaving only the space between the cornice and the topof the plate glass for supporting the awning. w

7 is a bracket secured to the front and comprising the two arms 8 and 9secured by means of lag screws 10. 11 is one'section of the awning arm,and may comprise the two stifl strap irons l2 and 13 secured together inproper relation as hereinafter set forth by means of spacers 14: and 15and bolts 16 and 17 There is an offset at the inner end of this section,as shown at 18, 19, and it is pivoted t0 the bracket arms in this offsetby means of the bolt 20 and spacer 21; and it will be noted that thispivot bolt is inclined from the bottom outwardly toward the top at aconsiderable angle and from the bottom up laterally at a less markedangle. This section also has a slight ofi'set at its outer end as shownat 22, and in this offset is pivoted the other section 23, which may bea piece of ordinary gas pipe, by means of the T 24 and the bolt 25. Andit will be noted that this pivot bolt is inclined outward atsubstantially the same angle as the pivot bolt 20, and that it isinclined laterally'oppositely to the incline of the pivot bolt 20.Secured to the section 11 by means of the spacer 15 and'the two bolts17, 28 is an extension 27 which abuts against' the side of the section23 when the arm is extended and outer end of the section 23 is providedwith an offset 29 and is pivoted by bolt 32' to a hinge 30 securedto theawning pole 31, by

means of a bolt 32. It will be noted that -the lower'section tends toswing by reason.

the arm folds, as viewed in Fig. 2, by elbowing upwardly as indicated bythe line or as it is actually used on the building, inwardly; or,assuming the arm to be located at the right-hand end of elbows towardthe left. It will also be noted that the pivot 25 is out of line withthe pivots 20 and 32, and on that side of the line on which the fold ismade, and that the back stop 27 prevents the center pivot from coming tothis line, thereby making it always possible to fold the arm by pullinginwardly, toward the building, on the outer end of the arm or on theawning pole. It will also be noted that the head of the bolt 16 abutsagainst the arm 8, so as to prevent a further swing than-that shown inFig. 2. V 83 is the awning proper which extends between the pole 31 andthe roller 35, which is suitably mounted above the brackets and underthe cornice 6. It may be provided with any suitable means for rotatingit, such devicesbeing well known in the art.

There should be two awning arms of the kindherein set forth, and theyshould be arranged with their respective pivots oppositely inclined andadapted to elbow in opposite directions as indicated by the numerals 50and '51 in Fig. 4:- They are located preferably in from the ends of theawnings, and also preferably elbow inwardly or toward each other;thereby insuring rigidity of the awning, and, when folded being entirelyconcealed and protected by the cornice and the awning curtain 36. InFig. 2, 1 have shown by dotted lines, 52 and 53 respectively, the lineto which the upper section tends to swing by reason of the peculiarincline of its pivot, and the line to-which of the peculiar incline ofits pivot; from which it will be understood that the force of gravityalways tends to bring the arm as an entirety to the straight outextended position shown in the full outlines in Figs. 1 and 2; and thatthe stops described prevent them from buckling on the side on which theyare not entitled to fold. On rolling up the awning, the necessary pullin the direction indicated by the lines 54 and 55 will be exerted by theawning on the pole so as to effect the fold of the arms, the armsthereby coming to the position shown in Fig. 3, the pole assumingtheposition shown in dotted outline 36' in Fig. 1, under the cornice, withthe curtain hanging down outside the arms. The outer-end 24: of theouter arm 23 is bent so as to lift the awning fabric clear of the arm;that is, so that the canvas will not sag down on the arm when the awningis extended or while being fold ed. Now, the canvas being rolled, itwill be observed that all the pivots tilt outwardly,

so that all arms tend by gravity to extend,

the awning, it

they being held in place by locking the roller or by any other means;but on turning the roller forward, the weight of the arms themselves, aswell as the added weight of the pole will, by the force of gravity,extend the arms and the awning. It will also be noted that the arm isentirely self-supporting so that when it is extended it is-not supportedby the canvas, and it thereby relieves the canvas of the strain of suchsupport.

By reason ofthe-ofiset at the outer end of the outer section, the outersection abuts against the awning pole when the awning is up, whichprevents the middle joint from moving outward and looking or binding theawning, and which also insures the outer end of the outer section movingoutwardly first so as to prevent such binding. The position taken by theouter arm with relation to the pole is shown in the dotted outline 23 inFig. 2. I

What'I claim is:

1. An awning arm comprising two sections pivoted together at theiradjacent ends, the other end of the inner section being pivoted to aframe and the other end of the other section being pivoted to an awningpole, the pivots being so disposed that the sections are foldabletogether laterally, and a stop for stopping the middle'pivot from comingin line with the end pivots.

2. An awning arm comprising two sectionspivoted to ether'at theiradjacent ends,

the other end 0 one section being pivoted to a frame, and the other endof the other section being pivoted to an awning pole, the pivots beingso disposed that thesections are foldable together laterally, and themiddle pivot being tilted at a lateral angle to the inner end pivot.

3. An awning arm comprising two sections pivoted together at theiradjacent ends,

the other end of the inner section being pivoted to aframe and the otherend of the outer section being pivoted to an awning pole, the pivotsbeing so disposed that the sections are foldable together laterally,the.

inner end pivot being tilted from the bottom up outward y and laterallyand the middle pivot being tilted laterally oppositely to the inner endpivot.

' 4. An awning arm comprising two sections pivoted together at theiradjacent ends, the inner end of the inner section being pivoted to aframe and the outer end of the outer section being pivoted to an awningpole, the inner end pivot and the middle pivot being disposed at anangle outwardly fromthe bottom up and being inclined laterally inopposite directions.

5. An awning arm comprising two sections pivoted together at theiradjacent 986,120 i a I ing pivoted to a frame and the outer end of,clines, and the outer end of the outer seethe outer section beingpivoted to an awning tion being upturned to lift the awning cloth pole,the inner end PIVOt and the middle above the arm.

pivot being disposed at an'angle outwardly FREDERICK A. ANTON. 5 fromthe bottom up and'being inclined lat- Witnesses:

erally in opposite directions, the outward H. W. EULER,

incline being greater than the lateral in- C. J. Rosltiv.

